C++ Trading Developer, Quant Trading Team

Medium; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in the United Kingdom is seeking an experienced C++ Developer to enhance an automated trading system. You will improve design, implement strategies, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of C++ experience and a strong understanding of performance optimizations. This role offers a dynamic environment and competitive compensation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of working experience with C++.
• Thorough understanding of C++ memory model and concurrency.
• Experience with optimisation using modern SIMD instrument set or GPU programming is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Continuously improve the design and performance of our automated trading system.
• Implement trading strategies which are highly adjustable and easy to integrate with backtesting.
• Work closely with other teams to automate trading and analytics workflow.
• Provide technical support for the trading system.

Skills

C++ programming

Network programming

Optimisation (SIMD, GPU)

Tools

Boost

ZeroMQ

MongoDB

Protobuffer

Job description

Responsibilities

• Continuously improve the design and performance of our automated trading system, including exchange connectivity, derivatives pricing model, order and risk management system.
• Implementing trading strategies which are highly adjustable in live trading and easy to integrate with backtesting system.
• Work closely with other teams to automate trading/reconcile/analytics workflow.
• Provide technical support for trading system

Requirements

• 5+ years of working experience with C++.
• Thorough understanding of C++ memory model, concurrency, meta-programming and best practices.
• Experience with network programming using TCP, Websocket
• Experience with Boost, ZeroMQ, MongoDB, Protobuffer
• Experience with optimisation using modern SIMD instrument set or GPU programming is a plus